Deer Rifles

[scrumbag]

Ah yes I've wanted one of those ever since I read an article Elgin Gates wrote in Gun World Magazine back around 1974 about using borrowed rifles on safari (seems all his were lost or misplaced on his flight to deepest darkest Africa)in 375 H&H , 404 Jeffery and 505 Gibbs .

Done the 375 and 505 as well as a 416 . So why not a 404

Yeah, interesting round. Not that I really need one. I was hoping with climate change we'd be over run with buffalo and the lake would be swamped with hippo but it hasn't happened yet...

 

[6pt-sika]

Yeah, interesting round. Not that I really need one. I was hoping with climate change we'd be over run with buffalo and the lake would be swamped with hippo but it hasn't happened yet...

You can be like my gunsmith buddy that owns CZ550's in 375 H&H MAG , 416 Rigby and 505 Gibbs , you can use them for wild boar as he uses his for Arkansas wild piggies and black bear !

My Ruger #1H's in 375 H&H MAG and 416 REM MAG are just for MAN EATING Virginia whitetail deer and half ton black bears !
Incidently a BIG black bear where I live is 300-400 pounds .

I'm thinking the 404 Jeffery should be about the same thing as a 416 Rigby or Rem Mag . But it would still be nice to mess with . It's my understanding that Bill Ruger made maybe a dozen of the #1H's in 404 Jeffery . Think I've seen maybe one or two for sale over the last 10 years .

We have a very nice Rigby Mauser action'd 375 H&H MAG in the shop right now for a good cleaning . A sort of friend and his parents just returned from South Africa I think and they poppped 3 Cape Buff with it , all one shot kills I might add !

 

[ferretmanabu]

I think many American's take public lands for granted. The part that is really irritating is that license fees pay for non hunting public lands as well. You know, the places the Anti's picnic and camp overnight. And the deer and elk and other game they love photographing? Maintained/ managed by hunter's fees. I read about you guys getting a new piece of land, or vying for a new piece of land, and I find it a little sad. I can sling my rifle, walk a half mile, and be free to take the first deer I see on public land - and we have thousands of deer in my locale. I wasn't joking when I said we see up to 200 mule deer a day. I have seen 90 - 100 in a group. (unusual, but it happened.) I watch and wait. I have gotten pretty good at finding the does that are in their prime.

Is it possible for visiting foreign nationals to get permits at all? If not for rifle, then for bow season?

 

[6pt-sika]

Is it possible for visiting foreign nationals to get permits at all? If not for rifle, then for bow season?

Most of our public hunting land doesn't even require a permit . And you can use it as long as you have the proper license etc !

Pretty much the only public land I hunt is a National Wildlife Refuge and I have to get a permit for that . But you can apply same as me !

 

[Muir]

Is it possible for visiting foreign nationals to get permits at all? If not for rifle, then for bow season?

States don't have "Foreign National" licenses. Just "resident" or "non resident" they don't care where you're from.

We have a boot load of public hunting land but I often hunt private land. Most of these ranchers just need a polite request and a promise to close the gates to let you on their land. If they are farmers, they will welcome you round here! One caveat: Make sure you're good off hand. In this country that's 80% of your shots.~Muir

 

[CWMMAN3738]

Only 4 for me a .270,.243, .308,.375H&Hmag, but a local FEO has about 35 deer legal rifles according to my local RFD.